Encyclopedia Development
Your personal tool for organizing concepts and mechanisms from development and psychology. We skip academic formulas in favor of clear definitions, cognitive biases, and self-reflection questions that help you name your states precisely.
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Well-being
Well-being is the state in which a person can cope with stress, develop capabilities, act meaningfully, and participate in relationships…
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Will
Will is the ability to direct action in accordance with an intention, decision, or value despite competing impulses and obstacles.
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Willingness to change
Willingness to change is the willingness to make an effort to change a behavior, situation or way of functioning.
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Willpower
Willpower is the common name for the ability to maintain an action or inhibit an impulse despite temptation, fatigue or…
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Window of tolerance
The window of tolerance is the range of arousal within which a person can feel emotions, think clearly, and act…
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Withdrawal
Withdrawal is a reduction in contact, activity or involvement, often as a response to stress, anxiety, shame, overload or loss…
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Working hypotheses
Working hypotheses are preliminary, provisional explanations used to guide observation, testing, and action.
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Working memory
Working memory is a system for temporarily storing and processing information needed for a current task.
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Working with the shadow
Shadow work is reflective work on repressed, rejected or difficult aspects of one's psyche.
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Worrying
Worrying is repetitive thinking about possible threats and negative scenarios, often without taking specific action.
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Writer’s block
Writer's block is a state of difficulty generating, developing or completing ideas despite the desire to create.
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